New Year's Day in Lourmarin

After a late night New Year's Eve  one does not want to do very much the following day.
So we did a backroad walk into Lourmarin.

The weather was warm and the walk very leisurely.

And we needed a cup of coffee on arrival..........

The Cafe Ormeau is the place to go in the center of the village, it is particularly good in spring/summer for people watching.

We were there late afternoon and the setting sun made the village look wonderful.....

but of course it is one of the most beautiful villages in this part of the Luberon in any case!

It has several Michelin starred restaurants within easy reach. 

 La Feniere is just outside the village 

and has one of the few female Michelin Star rated chefs in France, Reine Sammut.

La Petite Maison in Cucuron with chef Eric Sappet

 is definitely worth a visit.

Other restaurants of note in the area are La Closerie in Ansouis 

and 

Le Restaurant du Lac with Philippe Sublet at  La Motte d'Aigues. 

This is well rated on Trip Advisor.

We have been spending our time in Puyvert and have had the experience of a Provencal Christmas with the 13 desserts of Christmas Eve.

 We decorated a Christmas tree

or two.......

 and went to a great concert in the 10th century Vaugines church which was the setting of the wedding scene in one of the Pagnol movies 'Jean de Florette and/or  'Manon les Sources'.

The evening sky over Puyvert when we returned from our walk on New Year's Day was fantastic....